Definition of repatriate in English:

verb

It does indeed seem counterintuitive to continue the heartbreaking and futile process of militarizing the area, bullying and repatriating people like the two men we see taking a furtive, impromptu bath at a hotel fountain in Matamoros.

Erskine, the Quaker, offered to serve as a stretcher-bearer, but the British Embassy refused to repatriate people not prepared to join the armed forces.

Foreign ships relayed the news and some called in at Japanese ports to deliver relief supplies and repatriate foreigners who wished to leave.

The next wave of immigrants came during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with the intention of repatriating after four or five years with enough capital to make themselves into prosperous farmers.

Although most Ethiopians maintain positive sentiments toward their former country, very few opt to repatriate.

The outcomes are such that people repatriate with their family when they've formerly been at odds with them.

Derivatives

repatriation

Forced repatriation is one of the extreme counter-measures proposed by the British National Party.

Clearly, repatriation is a significant concern on the expatriate agenda and there is increasing demand for solutions to problems.

In the UK, Nikolai Tolstoy campaigned to publicize the forced repatriations of Soviet citizens, Yugoslavs, and others by the British occupation authorities in Germany and Austria at the end of the war.